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BOSTON, May 2, 2017 – Boston small business owners’ confidence in the national economy has increased from just six months ago, according to the spring 2017 Bank of America Small Business Owner Report. This spring, 47 percent of Boston-area entrepreneurs are optimistic the national economy will improve in the year ahead, up 7 percentage points from […]

Local Entrepreneurs’ Revenue Outlook and Hiring Plans Decline From Six Months Ago as They Adopt Wait-and-See Approach ATLANTA, May 2, 2017 – Atlanta entrepreneurs are increasingly confident in the future of the national economy, according to the spring 2017 Bank of America Small Business Owner Report. This spring, 55 percent of area business owners believe […]

With Salesforce, Farmers Insurance empowers agents to maintain the personal customer relationships Farmers® is known for, while delivering simplicity, speed and efficiency in every customer interaction SAN FRANCISCO — May 2, 2017 — Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), the world’s fastest-growing top-five enterprise software company and the #1 CRM provider globally, today announced that Farmers Insurance—one of […]

Revenue Outlook Remains Flat, While Hiring Plans Drop to Five-Year Low April 27, 2017 – U.S. small business owners’ confidence in the economy has increased significantly from just six months ago, according to the spring 2017 Bank of America Small Business Owner Report, which found that economic confidence ranks among the highest levels recorded in […]

Twenty small businesses in five cities across America will receive physical location or storefront makeovers in an effort to encourage economic development SAN FRANCISCO – April 27, 2017 – Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) is introducing the Wells Fargo Works for Small Business®: Neighborhood Renovation Program Contest, designed to help improve eligible small businesses in designated […]

Strategic Alliance Integrates Solutions to Provide Streamlined Access to Critical Hazard Communication Information across the Organization Carlsbad, Calif., and Johannesburg, South Africa, April 27, 2017 — 3E Company, a leading provider of environmental health and safety (EH&S) compliance and information management services, and IsoMetrix, a leading provider of enterprise software for governance, risk, and compliance […]

UBS leading the industry in public cloud adoption by using Microsoft Azure for global scale, security, to improve business agility, reduce costs and gain a competitive edge. NEW YORK — April 26, 2017 — The world’s largest wealth manager, UBS, is turning to Microsoft Azure cloud technology to power its digital transformation, aiming to reduce […]

Research, Economics & Strategy taps talent to focus on equity, quantitative and portfolio strategies NEW YORK — April 24, 2017 – Wells Fargo Securities’ (WFS) Global Research, Economics & Strategy division announced today that Christopher Harvey has been appointed the new head of Equity Strategy, reporting to Todd M. Wickwire and Sam Pearlstein, co-heads of […]

Local NeighborhoodLIFT grants address economic and workforce development, youth programs and neighborhood beautification for Columbia Columbia, S.C. April 24, 2017 – Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) today announced a total of $350,000 in donations for three local nonprofits intended to help revitalize Columbia neighborhoods through the Wells Fargo NeighborhoodLIFT® program. The local grant recipients […]

ARC (Analytics of Risk from Cyber) provides underwriters and risk managers with a variety of cyber analytics BOSTON, April 24, 2017 — Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide today released ARC (Analytics of Risk from Cyber), a comprehensive cyber risk modeling application for the insurance and reinsurance markets. ARC can evaluate any commercial policy (including those […]